Comparison of z-axis automatic tube current modulation technique with fixed tube current CT scanning of abdomen and pelvis

Radiology

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 347-353

  Kalra, Mannudeep K ^a   Maher, Michael M ^a   Toth, Thomas L ^b   Kamath, Ravi S ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Saini, Sanjay ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, CT; Computed tomography (CT), radiation exposure; Computed tomography (CT), technology; Computed tomography (CT), thin section; Pelvis, CT

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIXED TUBE CURRENT COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LIVER HILUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROTATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; Z AXIS AUTOMATIC TUBE CURRENT MODULATION TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 3242783182     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2322031304     Document Type: Article

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